This is the traditional sauce, essential accompaniment of anyArgentinean BBQ. Its famous for the fact that there are as many recipesas there are cooks!For our mobile gourmet BBQ catering we use the following recipe:

Preferably (as with everything!) use fresh and quality ingredients.Finely chop the garlic, parsley, oregano, sweet paprika and basil, then mix with oil,lemon juice, a bit of salt (not much, because the meat and chorizosshould be salted), black pepper and vinegar. I also like to ad a bit of grounded cumin, which is not in the traditional recipe, but I think that's what cooking is about. Let it marinate for a day (the longer the better).The proportions of the ingredients is for you to experiment and find your way!

Etymology of the word "Chimichurri"

According to oral tradition, this word derive from the English! Whenthe English land owners enjoyed the beautifully barbecue prepared bythe gauchos (cattle station workers), they said "give me the curry"("givmidecurri") which ended up been Chimichurri.